Indifferent Host

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He prances around the coffee shopA former Adonis now disheveledHe scowls at the gathered patronsA former celebrity now ignoredAs a host he is pompously preciousif only to placate his wounded egoThe perched performers practicecovert hostility in order to gainaccess to minuscule stage timeNecks twist and sore eyes squintto take in freshly birthed versesgingerly aired by strained hearts

The host has abused his ravaged bodyto the nth degree once and for all

The parasite rebels and latches ontothe vulnerable and weakened appendix

and now

Convulsing alone on the bathroom floorA final performance for long-forgottenlocal garage band fliers and graffitiThe host collapses in a tactless heapDefeated by the determined parasiteBested by his all-consuming egoHis tarnished legacy is now setGreeted by unspoken, skeptical sarcasmProgress rolls its eyes and moves on